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79 SIMMS'S HORSES SELL FOR $143,000; Mares and Weanlings Average Only $1,650 as Xalapa Farm Sale Gets Under Way.

Attended by a large gathering of horse lovers and patrons of the turf, among whom were many of the most prominent figures in society and the racing world, the dispersal of the thoroughbreds from the Xalapa Farm of Bourbon County, Kentucky, began last night at Squadron A Armory, Ninety-Fourth Street and Madison Avenue, under the direction of the Fasig-Tipton Company of New York.

December 11, 1924

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